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Data file location Steve 07-10-2007
Posted by Steve on July 10, 2007, 4:30 pm
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 Using Q2006 Premier under Vista. How do I change the location of the
data files? I don't want them in desktopABCdocumentsQuickenetc.
But I don't see anything in Preferences that allows me to change this.
??? Thanks!


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Posted by John Pollard on July 10, 2007, 4:49 pm
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 Steve wrote:
> Using Q2006 Premier under Vista. How do I change the location
> of the
> data files? I don't want them in
> desktopABCdocumentsQuickenetc.
> But I don't see anything in Preferences that allows me to
> change this.
> ??? Thanks!

If you're talking about a single Quicken data fileset, a simple
approach would be: open the old file in Quicken, tell Quicken to
"backup" the old file to the new location, have Quicken open the
new file (the "backup"), then tell Quicken to delete the old
file. Quicken normally remembers the last file it had open, and
opens that when you start Quicken.

[Make sure your backup dialog does not have the box checked to
append the date to the backup file name when you do the
"backup".]

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Posted by Steve on July 10, 2007, 5:03 pm
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>> Using Q2006 Premier under Vista. How do I change the location
>> of the
>> data files? I don't want them in
>> desktopABCdocumentsQuickenetc.
>> But I don't see anything in Preferences that allows me to
>> change this.
>
>If you're talking about a single Quicken data fileset, a simple
>approach would be: open the old file in Quicken, tell Quicken to
>"backup" the old file to the new location, have Quicken open the
>new file (the "backup"), then tell Quicken to delete the old
>file. Quicken normally remembers the last file it had open, and
>opens that when you start Quicken.

Thanks John. I'm converting Q2004 files opening them (restoring
backup) from my preferred location, but Q is then saving the result in
desktop. If I run backup as suggested, that behavior should change?


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Posted by Steve on July 10, 2007, 5:07 pm
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>>> Using Q2006 Premier under Vista. How do I change the location
>>> of the
>>> data files? I don't want them in
>>> desktopABCdocumentsQuickenetc.
>>> But I don't see anything in Preferences that allows me to
>>> change this.
>>
>>If you're talking about a single Quicken data fileset, a simple
>>approach would be: open the old file in Quicken, tell Quicken to
>>"backup" the old file to the new location, have Quicken open the
>>new file (the "backup"), then tell Quicken to delete the old
>>file. Quicken normally remembers the last file it had open, and
>>opens that when you start Quicken.
>
>Thanks John. I'm converting Q2004 files opening them (restoring
>backup) from my preferred location, but Q is then saving the result in
>desktop. If I run backup as suggested, that behavior should change?

Possibly another problem - I don't want the backups in the same
location as the primary data file, not sure how this affects the above
procedure...


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The most important tool of the scientist is the wastebasket.

...Albert Einstein

Posted by John Pollard on July 10, 2007, 5:28 pm
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Steve wrote:
>>>> Using Q2006 Premier under Vista. How do I change the
>>>> location
>>>> of the
>>>> data files? I don't want them in
>>>> desktopABCdocumentsQuickenetc.
>>>> But I don't see anything in Preferences that allows me to
>>>> change this.
>>>
>>> If you're talking about a single Quicken data fileset, a
>>> simple
>>> approach would be: open the old file in Quicken, tell
>>> Quicken to
>>> "backup" the old file to the new location, have Quicken open
>>> the
>>> new file (the "backup"), then tell Quicken to delete the old
>>> file. Quicken normally remembers the last file it had open,
>>> and
>>> opens that when you start Quicken.

>> Thanks John. I'm converting Q2004 files opening them
>> (restoring
>> backup) from my preferred location, but Q is then saving the
>> result
>> in desktop. If I run backup as suggested, that behavior
>> should
>> change?

I'm not sure I'm following this.

You originally asked about (effectively) "moving" a Quicken file
from one location to another. I'm not sure how converting files
fits into that scenerio.

But, if you "restore" a Quicken backup, it will be restored into
the folder where the currently open Quicken data file resides.
If you have opened a data file that is on your desktop (and
possibly if you have no file open at all), you may see files
"restored" to your desktop.

> Possibly another problem - I don't want the backups in the
> same
> location as the primary data file, not sure how this affects
> the above
> procedure...

The procedure I outlined really has nothing to do with "backups"
(that's why I kept putting "backup" in quotes).

A Quicken backup is nothing more than an exact duplicate of the
file being backed up. The process I described could be
described alternatively as: copy the old file to the new
location, open the file in the new location, delete the old
file.

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